Great Western Coffee Shop

1.   Manchester Central Station, closed by Harold Wilson's Labour Government on 5.5.1969, as the venue for the Labour Party Conference.

I can't remember the exact location, but about 6-7 years ago I attended a meeting with about 75 attendees at a village hall in the middle of the Somerset countryside. Very nice it was, but not appropriate for a large meeting. Lack of public transport meant all attendees needed to travel by car. The village was down miles of narrow lanes, and had parking for about 5 cars. Cue utter chaos for arriving by car....

Quite how such a massive international company chose such a village hall I cant imagine unless someone important from the company lived in that area.

The Melksham Area Board of Wiltshire Council intentionally meets in the catchment villages sometimes as well as in the main town - a total of perhaps 5 or 6 meetings a year.    I recall going to give a big "Save the Train" / Railway presentation at Seend Village Hall, about 3 miles from Melksham and inaccessible by anything but car during the dark winter evenings.

Plans are to do a bus presentation at their next [December] meeting.   Guess what - Seend Village Hall again!